Introduction

This applies as much to competition entries, or indeed writing educational CPD guides, as it does to efficient and effective tax planning.

While most advised clients seem to be good at getting their tax affairs in order as far ahead of the 5 April deadline as possible, there are still too many who do not have the clarity, knowledge or understanding to get their financial house in order.

This means they could be missing out on tax relief, or early bird discounts, as well as potentially leaving it too late before investing in their chosen tax-efficient investment - and could find the doors closed to them as a result.

This guide draws on the experience of financial advisers, wealth managers and tax-efficient investors to find out what drives people to leave it so late to do their tax and how to help prevent this behaviour.

The guide also aims to make sense of the various Isa offerings in the market, provides some basic guidelines to encouraging year-round inheritance tax planning and suggests ways to help advisers encourage their clients to plan ahead so April 2019 will be a less frenetic one for you and your clients.

In this guide

Please answer the six multiple choice questions below in order to bank your CPD. Multiple attempts are available until all questions are correctly answered.

According to Mr Brownridge, what type of people find it difficult to plan until the end of the tax year?

Those under the age of 35

Part-time workers

Many self-employed people

Many who work in education

Which type of Isa does Mr Morris not get any client enquiries about?

IFISA

Stocks and shares Isa

Junior Isa

Lifetime Isa

Mr Latham thinks Britons have what type of relationship with their Isas?

A wholly positive relationship

An uneasy relationship

A complex relationship

A straightforward relationship

Mr Nield lists three broad options for those seeking to mitigate IHT. Which is the odd one out?

Spend your wealth

Give it away

Put it in a cash Isa

Pay tax on it

Ms Winter describes this process: "You sell a stock from outside your Isa, immediately move the proceeds into the Isa, then repurchase the stock." What is this transaction called?

Pillow and Isa

Bed and business relief

Duvet and tax

Bed and Isa

Mr Battersby makes the following statement: "Understand you are making an investment decision, not merely trying to reduce the tax you are paying and be aware of the risks behind the decisions you are making." True or false?

True

False

Nearly There…

You have successfully answered all the questions correctly, well done!

You should now know…

Understand how to stop clients from leaving tax planning too late.

Learn how to help clients make sense of Isas and how to tackle inheritance tax.

Consider some of the top tips for tax planning and how to implement them.

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